Glo, Airtel, Dangote, Seven Others Advance to Final Stage in 9mobile Bid Bidders to submit $150m bond Emma Okonji The scramble to acquire 9mobile, Nigeria’s fourth largest network operator, has advanced to the next stage,
with 10 out of the 16 firms that submitted expressions of interest (EoIs) for the telecoms firm, prequalified by Barclays – the financial adviser to the deal – to
proceed to the financial bid stage of the exercise. Sources conversant with the deal, informed THISDAY that the 10 firms, having passed the technical
evaluation bid stage, have been prequalified to submit their financial bids for the acquisition of 9mobile. As part of the financial bid process, the companies
will also be required to submit bid bonds of $150 million each as evidence of their capacity to pay for the acquisition of 9mobile. The companies include
Globacom Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s second largest network operator founded in 2003 by business mogul, Continued on page 8
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APGA’s Victory Maintains National Balance of Power Ahead of 2019 Obiano says it's victory for all in Anambra, Obaze protests
Tobi Soniyi in Lagos, Christopher Isiguzo, Onyebuchi Ezigbo and David Eleke inAwka With the emphatic victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s (APGA) candidate, Governor Willie Obiano, in the Anambra State governorship election held last Saturday, the country’s balance of political power has been maintained, leaving the contest for 2019 open.
APC consults
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had hoped to use the governorship contest to gain a foot hold in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dominated South-east of the country, while the latter also made a spirited bid to make the region its exclusive enclave by clinching the only APGA controlled state in the region. Continued on page 8
FULL RESULTS LOCAL GOVTS
APC
APGA
PDP
01
AGUATA LG
5,807
13,167
4,073
02
ANAMBRA EAST LG
5,248
20,510
1,132
03
ANAMBRA WEST LG
4,261
8,152
1,578
04
ANIOCHA LG
5,297
11,237
6,554
05
ANYAMELUM LG
5,412
14,593
2,323
06
AWKA NORTH LG
3,727
7,164
3,347
07
AWKA SOUTH LG
6,167
18,957
5,354
08
DUNUKOFIA LG
7,016
8,575
1,530
09
EKWUSIGO LG
5,412
8,596
3,856
10
IDEMILI NORTH LG
4,732
12,180
2,767
11
IDEMILI SOUTH LG
4,063
5,742
2,620
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